Hit Parade 4

Question 1

Aggrandize

Answer 1

Verb. To increase in intensity, power, influence, or prestige

Question 2

Alchemy

Answer 2

Noun. A medieval science aimed at the transmutation or metals, esp. base metals into gold

Question 3

Amenable

Answer 3

Adj. agreeable; responsiveness to suggestion

Question 4

Anachronism

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Noun. Something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context

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Astringent

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Adj. having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe; something with a tightening effect on tissue

Question 6

Contiguous

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Adj. sharing a border; touching; adjacent

Question 7

Convention

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Noun. A generally agreed-upon practice or attitude

Question 8

Decorum

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Noun. Polite or appropriate conduct or behavior

Question 9

Desiccate

Answer 9

Verb. To dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or dull

Question 10

Dilettante

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Noun. One with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge

Question 11

Disparage

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Verb. To slight or belittle

Question 12

Flout

Answer 12

Verb. To show contempt for, as in a rule or convention

Question 13

Garrulous

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Adj. pointlessly talkative; talking too much

Question 14

Glib

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Adj. marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial

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Hubris

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Noun. Overbearing presumption or pride; arrogance

Question 16

Imminent

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Adj. about to happen; impending

Question 17

Immutable

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Adj. not capable of change

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Impetuous

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Adj. hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive or vehement

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Indifferent

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Adj. having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice

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Inimical

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Adj. damaging; harmful; injurious

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Intractable

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Adj. not easily managed or directed; stubborn; obstinate

Question 22

Intrepid

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Adj. steadfast and courageous

Question 23

Laconic

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Adj. using few words; terse

Question 24

Maverick

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Noun. An independent individual who does not go along with a group or party

Question 25

Mercurial

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Adj. characterized by a rapid and unpredictable change in mood

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Mollify

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Verb. To calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intensity

Question 27

Neophyte

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Noun. A recent convert; a beginner; a novice

Question 28

Obfuscate

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Verb. To make confusing; to deliberately obscure

Question 29

Pervade

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Verb. To permeate throughout

Question 30

Phlegmatic

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Adj. calm; sluggish; unemotional

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Acerbic

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Adj. having a sour or bitter taste or character; sharp; biting

Question 32

Labile

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Adj. apt or likely to change

Question 33

Probity

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Noun. Adherence to highest principles; complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness

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Proclivity

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Adj. a natural predisposition or inclination

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Profligate

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Adj. excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant

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Propensity

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Noun. A natural inclination or tendency; penchant

Question 37

Prosaic

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Adj. dull; lacking in spirit or imagination.

Question 38

Quixotic

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Adj. foolishly impractical; marked by lofty romantic ideals

Question 39

Quotidian

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Adj. occurring or recurring daily; commonplace

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Rarefy

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Verb. To make or become thin; less dense; refine

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Recondite

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Adj. hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure

Question 42

Refulgent

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Adj. radiant; shiny; brilliant

Question 43

Renege

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Verb. To fail to honor a commitment; to go back in a promise

Question 44

Sedulous

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Adj. diligent; persistent; hardworking

Question 45

Soporific

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Adj. causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep

Question 46

Tacit

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Adj. implied; not explicitly stated

Question 47

Terse

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Adj. brief and concise in wording

Question 48

Tout

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Verb. To publicly praise or promote

Question 49

Trenchant

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Adj. sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating

Question 50

Untenable

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Adj. indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable

Question 51

Vacillate

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Verb. To waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion. And another

Question 52

Variegated

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Adj. multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color

Question 53

Vexation

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Noun. Annoyance; irritation

Question 54

Vituperate

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Verb. To use harsh condemnation language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively; to berate

Question 55

Panegyrical

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Adj. characteristic of lofty writing or oration in praise of a person or thing

Question 56

Gauche

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Adj. lacking social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkward; crude; tactless: Their exquisite manners always make me feel gauche.

Question 57

Unstinting

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Adj. generous; bountiful; opposite of frugal

Question 58

Prosaic

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Adj. commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.

Question 59

Fatuous

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Adj. foolish or inane, especially in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly.

Question 60

Prepossessing

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Adj. that impresses favorably; engaging or attractive: a confident and prepossessing young man.

Question 61

Decorous

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Adj. characterized by dignified propriety in conduct, manners, appearance, character, etc.

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Diffidence

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Noun. The quality of lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness

Question 63

Decorum

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Noun. dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.

Question 64

Propriety

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Noun. conformity to established standards of good or proper behavior or manners; appropriateness

Question 65

Doughty

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Adj. steadfastly courageous and resolute; valiant.